Movie review thread...
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Did you stick around for the shawarma?
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oh fuck don't tell me they went for Shawarmas after the credits? motherfucker.....
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It looked like they were high. (Me and my two buddies were the only remaining people in the cinema when those credits were over.)
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goddam it... i hate it when movies do that.
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BTW the Marvel Universe is beginning to make my head spin. They're now onto their third Hulk (Eric Bana, Ed Norton, now Mark Ruffalo); they're on their 2nd Spidey (Toby and now some other guy); but most confusing, the actor Chris Evans who plays Captain America is the same Chris Evans who plays Johnny Storm "The Human Torch" in the Fantastic Four. The last frame of Avengers (prior to the credits) hints at Doctor Doom in the presumed sequel, and he's one of the original villains of the F4. Q. Will there be a Captain America crossover with F4, and if so, will Evans be playing both Cap and Torch??? Like I said, these questions are making my head spin. I'm guessing a Nick Fury film must be in the works, too.
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Didn't Norton get cut becasue he's an insufferable dick to work with who made the Hulk film hard? (not to mention it was shit).
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I dunno, but I liked that Hulk film, and I liked Norton in it. Having said that, I only saw it once, in it's first week of release, but I stand 50% behind that first impression.
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BTW the Marvel Universe is beginning to make my head spin. They're now onto their third Hulk (Eric Bana, Ed Norton, now Mark Ruffalo); they're on their 2nd Spidey (Toby and now some other guy); but most confusing, the actor Chris Evans who plays Captain America is the same Chris Evans who plays Johnny Storm "The Human Torch" in the Fantastic Four. The last frame of Avengers (prior to the credits) hints at Doctor Doom in the presumed sequel, and he's one of the original villains of the F4. Q. Will there be a Captain America crossover with F4, and if so, will Evans be playing both Cap and Torch??? Like I said, these questions are making my head spin. I'm guessing a Nick Fury film must be in the works, too.<br />
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Not really the same thing but it annoys me when one actor plays 2 comic book characters. Ryan Reynolds in DCs lantern and the Deadpool for marvel just ruined it for me.<br /> -
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I dunno, but I liked that Hulk film, and I liked Norton in it. Having said that, I only saw it once, in it's first week of release, but I stand 50% behind that first impression.<br />
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Didnt Tim Roth also play the Hulk? Thought I saw that in a doco about him. In that case it would make 4 Hulks. Have only seen the first film which was utter shart.<br />
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Speaking of Marvel Superheroes they really have a wealth of material to build on. My son was recently given some dvds and one of the animated films (with Superman, Batman, The Flash, Wonderwoman etc) would make an amazing live action film. And speaking of Superman they should get someone who actually looks like the Superman in the cartoons, i.e. a farking big unit that kicks årse not some skinny prettyboy. -
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Speaking of Marvel Superheroes they really have a wealth of material to build on. My son was recently given some dvds and one of the animated films (with Superman, Batman, The Flash, Wonderwoman etc) would make an amazing live action film. And speaking of <br />
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Those properties are all DC, not Marvel. "Justice League of America." After Christopher Nolan's Batman trilogy is completed, they'll roll out a Superman re-boot next year ("Man of Steel" by Zack Snyder (300, Watchmen, etc.) after the 2006 re-boot by Bryan Singer stiffed at the b.o.). There have been rumours of Flash and Wonder Women movies as well, but aside from Batman, a lot of DC projects have been failures, the recent Green Lantern (which I didn't see) apparently being one of them. A "JLA" movie down the road seems inevitable.<br />
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It looked like they were high.[/quote]<br />
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I'll modify that and say they looked "baked." Subtle difference. -
Part of this is a rights issue. Sony has the movie rights to Spiderman as long as they keep making movies - when they stop the rights revert back to Marvel which is now owned by Disney. Sony isn't about to let that happen until they have milked every last drop of movie money they can from the franchise.<br />
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I understand that there is something similar with Batman although I'm not sure of the parties involved. I did hear one rumour that once the [i]Dark Knight Rises [/i]was done that production would start up on a Batman TV series. The success of [i]The Avengers [/i]must also have shortened the odds of a Justice League movie.<br />
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I have always been of the opinion that the only Superman story worth telling is an origin story. Once you have Superman in full control of his powers, you become reliant on Kryptonite (too gimicky and not very visual) or aliens (OK, but no different from a thousand other comic books) to generate any feeling of suspense or drama. That or kill Lois Lane. <br />
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On a related note - I wonder how long until WB announces a Harry Potter TV series to ensure that they retain the rights? Billed as a faithful adaption of the books with additional side-stories and a book a season it would seem to be a no-brainer for 2015.<br />
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I thought that Ed Norton wanted too much money for [i]The Avengers[/i]. Marvel have a reputation of not wanting to pay big salaries for actors although RDJ is rumoured to have made a mint from [i]The Avengers[/i] -
[quote name='red terror' timestamp='1338474017' post='288527']<br />
Those properties are all DC, not Marvel. "Justice League of America." After Christopher Nolan's Batman trilogy is completed, they'll roll out a Superman re-boot next year ("Man of Steel" by Zack Snyder (300, Watchmen, etc.) after the 2006 re-boot by Bryan Singer stiffed at the b.o.). There have been rumours of Flash and Wonder Women movies as well, but aside from Batman, a lot of DC projects have been failures, the recent Green Lantern (which I didn't see) apparently being one of them. A "JLA" movie down the road seems inevitable.<br />
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Btw, Tim Roth was the villain to Ed Norton's Hulk.<br />
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A JLA movie would be enormous and theres too much money in it not to become a reality. Like I said they have no lack of material to build on either.<br />
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I'm not surprised the Green Lantern didnt do that well even with such an enormous film and marketing budget. Compared to the other SHs Green Latern is incredibly gåy. I mean what kind of superhero is called the Green Lantern? It also doesnt help that a mediocre sitcom star like Ryan Renolds was playing him.<br />
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Would also be cool if they considered a reboot of the Phantom. With a proper and less campy script, lead actor and suit it could be a real success. -
Project X: thought it was ok, nothing special, some very funny moments but largely average, and filmed entirely in handy am style.
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Part of this is a rights issue. Sony has the movie rights to Spiderman as long as they keep making movies - when they stop the rights revert back to Marvel which is now owned by Disney. Sony isn't about to let that happen until they have milked every last drop of movie money they can from the franchise.<br />
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I understand that there is something similar with Batman although I'm not sure of the parties involved. I did hear one rumour that once the [i]Dark Knight Rises [/i]was done that production would start up on a Batman TV series. The success of [i]The Avengers [/i]must also have shortened the odds of a Justice League movie.<br />
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I have always been of the opinion that the only Superman story worth telling is an origin story. Once you have Superman in full control of his powers, you become reliant on Kryptonite (too gimicky and not very visual) or aliens (OK, but no different from a thousand other comic books) to generate any feeling of suspense or drama. That or kill Lois Lane.<br />
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On a related note - I wonder how long until WB announces a Harry Potter TV series to ensure that they retain the rights? Billed as a faithful adaption of the books with additional side-stories and a book a season it would seem to be a no-brainer for 2015.<br />
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I thought that Ed Norton wanted too much money for [i]The Avengers[/i]. Marvel have a reputation of not wanting to pay big salaries for actors although RDJ is rumoured to have made a mint from [i]The Avengers[/i]<br />
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Spider-Man is a reboot and it's a shit one. Sony has decided to remake the origin story as its the only direction to go in.. Lame.<br />
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After the Dark Knight trilogy the only place for Batman and Superman to go IMHO is into Miler's original Dark Knight scenario of Batman vs Superman where the 'man of steel' is some kind of vapid, amoral pawn who needs to be taken down a peg or two thousand. I don't expect this movie to be made. -
Transformers 3<br />
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Was a huge Transformers fan as a kid and have been pretty appalled by the first 2 abominations. Number 3 was on cable and was stupid enough to watch it.<br />
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While it was better than the first 2 it’s still a shit film, with shit acting and a shit plot. With such an awesome starting point and muchos coin it defies belief that Michael Bay can continue to serve up this dross. Yes great CGI and explosions but thats to be expected. Apparently they’ll continue to rape the life out of this franchise with a 4[sup]th[/sup] film. -
Act of Valor - apparently a group of active Navy Seals star in this movie about a based on true events of the war on terror.<br />
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Suffice to say, some of the acting isnt too great, but I did think some of the covert and action scenes were pretty cool, the story itself is fairly Hollywood too, how close to the actual story, I dont know... -
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WTF?!<br />
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(It opens next week.)
